Learning Support Assitant

Huntingtree Primary School, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 4HY

31 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  20 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,780.00 - £19,069.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assitant job summary

Hi!

Thank you so much for your interest in joining Huntingtree Primary School. I’m genuinely delighted that you are considering becoming part of our community.

At Huntingtree, we are immensely proud of our school offer for children and families. We are a school with an inclusive reputation within the local area. Our children bring a wonderful mix of strengths, personalities, and needs, and we believe every one of them deserves to feel seen, understood, and supported to flourish. Our Learning Support Assistants play a central role in making this happen.

We are looking for someone who is above all:

Caring - putting children at the heart of everything

Positive - bringing warmth, optimism, and encouragement each day

Skilled - or ready to develop their skills with enthusiasm and curiosity

If this sounds like you, you will fit in beautifully here.

We are also proud to be part of the Stour Vale Academy Trust — a Trust we chose carefully because its values align closely with our own and it supports genuine collaboration while preserving each school’s individual character.

A little about me: I joined Huntingtree in January 2017 as Deputy Head — alongside my close friend Jim Harrold as Head — and I am now serving as Acting Headteacher (with Jim currently Executive Head). I love this school and the wonderful family we have built over the years. Outside of school, I enjoy cycling (though I’m definitely getting slower in my old age) and eating cheese (far too much of it). I also have the sense of humour of a 13‑year‑old boy.

I warmly encourage you to visit the school. Seeing our children, staff, and learning environment firsthand will give you the best sense of what makes Huntingtree such a special place to work. I also invite you to watch a short video from Becki, one of our long‑serving Learning Support Assistants, who shares her experience of what it’s really like to be part of the team.

I truly love the school family we’ve created here — and I’m hopeful that you might be just the right kind of person to join us.

Hope to see you soon, Mr Lloyd

Key information:

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 6.5 hours per day

Grade: 3, point 3-4

Contract: Fixed term until 31st August 2027

Location: Huntingtree Primary School, Huntingtree Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 4HY

Closing date: Sunday 19th April 2026

Visits to our school are encouraged, we will be holding school tours on:

• Wednesday 25th March 2026 at 9:30am
• Thursday 26th March 2026 at 4:00pm
• Tuesday 14th April 2026 at 4:00pm
• Thursday 16th April 2026 at 2:00pm

Please call our school office team on 01384 889243 to reserve your place on a tour.

Stour Vale is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will carry out pre-appointment checks including DBS and will disqualify any applicant where we consider the outcomes to be unsatisfactory. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

We are equally committed to ensuring that no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of their protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Huntingtree Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 438 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Huntingtree Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/huntingtree-primary-school-halesowen

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